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B.C.’s unemployment drops, but opposition fears loss of private-sector jobs

B.C.’s unemployment drops, but opposition fears loss of private-sector jobs

Credit rating agency raises concerns about B.C.’s financial trajectory, but maintains AA credit rating.
Okanagan mobilizing as aggressive mussels threaten to muscle into B.C.

Okanagan mobilizing as aggressive mussels threaten to muscle into B.C.

Kelowna forum brings together stakeholders in bid to repel and react to invasive species incursion
B.C. professor using eye-tracking tech to study ‘mommy brain’

B.C. professor using eye-tracking tech to study ‘mommy brain’

Vancouver Island University researcher examining how pregnant women recognize threats
Surrey Memorial Hospital to get new acute care tower

Surrey Memorial Hospital to get new acute care tower

The project is expected to be in a business-planning phase over the next 15 to 18 months
‘Debilitated by trauma’: Nelson aid worker returns from Israel-Hamas war

‘Debilitated by trauma’: Nelson aid worker returns from Israel-Hamas war

Paul Caney is a logistics co-ordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières
Bitter Harvest: climate change provides ‘clean slate’ for B.C. wine industry

Bitter Harvest: climate change provides ‘clean slate’ for B.C. wine industry

Signs suggest a limited selection of B.C. wine will hit retail shelves as industry recovers
Immunotherapy treatment for lymphoma, leukemia now available in B.C.

Immunotherapy treatment for lymphoma, leukemia now available in B.C.

Patients who needed the treatment would previously have to be sent outside the province or country
Police investigating after body found on rural Prince George roadside

Police investigating after body found on rural Prince George roadside

Police say death considered suspicious, but no danger exists to public
Access to new blood cancer treatment expanded in B.C.

Access to new blood cancer treatment expanded in B.C.

CAR-T therapy previously only available through clinical trial, now offered in several hospitals
BC Hydro restoring power after wind storm leaves thousands in the dark

BC Hydro restoring power after wind storm leaves thousands in the dark

Wind warnings remain in effect for much of southern coast